The craziness of carnaval in Brabant has arrived and while Ad is taking the kids to watch the carnavalsparade here in our village ('t Faantenland) I can sit down, relax and work on my blog. Gosh, I have an headache for the past 2 days and the medication that I am usually taking isn't working at all. Maybe a little bit of rest will do the trick because the past few days I've been running from one place to another and working on a few things in between. Ofcourse I loved doing it and I had a great time but to be honest with you I am totally worn out right now.

On Friday I've spend most of the day in the kitchen to work on 10 kilos of potatosalade, potatosalde exactly like my "German grandmother" used to make it. As a little girl I often had to help her and I remember how to make it just like she did. It's one of our favorite dishes and with parties, or special days we eat this salade. These days I am always the "sucker" who has to prepare this, but in all fairness I love doing it as I love cooking. And in case you're wondering ..... that 10 kilos of potatosalade is all gone yesterday.

On Fridayevening I had a little get together with Nancy and Revlie. We were supposed to scrap but we talked more than we scrapped. Isn't that how it usually goes *LOL* We had a great time though and I hope we will do it again in the near future.

Yesterday we went to my parents to watch the parade in their village called Raamsdonk, allthough with carnaval it's called d'n Haaykant. It is always so much fun and crowded on their sidewalk. For the last 6 or 7 years it's a big party, there's music, drinks, food (that's where my 10 kilos of potatoesalad went to) and great company. Family and friends all come together here. Some of them we only see once a year but it's always great to catch up and watch the parade together. I've made about 150+ pictures but I will share a selection of them here. See where a small village can be a giant with.